Bracket



c. F. N|EMEYEB.. BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1918.

1,333,934. Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

CARL F. NIEMEYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lVIal'. 16, 1920- Application filed September 12, 1918. Serial l lo. 253,681. e

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CARI. F. NIEMEYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, conn y of Cook, and State of Illinois, have in? ntcd certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brackets, and has for its object the production of a device of this character which will be of durable and economical construction, and which will permit of ready adjustment thereof to Various sizes.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1, is a central section of a bracket embodying the invention, showing the same applied for use,

Fig. 2, a front elevation of the construction seen in Fig. 1, and

Figs. 3 and a, sections taken on lines 33 and 4;-4, respectively, of Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a plurality of angular sections 5, 6 and 7, each of said sections consisting of two elongated straight channel members which are formed integral with each other and angularly disposed relatively to each other. The outer free ends of said sections are slidably overlapped and interlocked one end of each section being larger than the other in cross section, so as to snugly receive the smaller end of the adjacent section, as clearly illustrated in the several views.

The arrangement is such, as will be seen, that a bracket is provided which permits of ready expansion or contraction, such adjustment being accomplished through simultaneous sliding of any two of the sections, or of all three thereof.

In use,'the bracket is secured in position by screws 8 which pass through the member 5 into the supporting element 9 to which the bracket is secured. The sections 5 and 6 of the bracket are locked in positions of adj ustment by a screw 10 and cooperating thumb nut 11, the head of said screw being countersunk in the member 6, and said screw rojecting through an elongated slot provided in the member'- The sections 6 and 7 are locked in positions of adjustment by means of a thumb screw 13 and cooperating nut 1 1, said thumb screw passing through an elongated slot 15 provided in the section 6. The sections and 7 arelocked in positions of adjustn'ient by means of a screw 16 which is adapted to enter the support 9, the section being provided with an elongated slot 17 through which said screw projects.

lVith the construction set forth, it will be seen that a bracket is provided which allows for ready and expeditious adjustment in order to adapt the same for the purpose intended. The bracket is also of special advantage .in machine shops in supporting motors, or other special machinery which require accurate setting with relation to line shafts or other machinery. With this bracket it will be seen that the motor or other mechanism supported thereby may be secured to the section 6,.the latter being provided with screw holes .18 for this purpose, and in the event of it'being necessary to shift the position of the motor or other machine supported, it is only necessary to adjust the section 6 as desired, this being readily and easily effected through relative sliding of sections 6 and 7, as above described. The channel formation of the sections of the bracket renders the latter of exceptional strength and rigidity, and capable of supporting great weight and of withstanding rough usage.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come with the scope of the v appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bracket comprising a plurality of sections, eacn'formed of two angularly disposed straight members connected together at one end, the adjacent free ends of the adjacent members being slidably overlapped; and means for locking said memhere in positions of relative sliding adjustment, substantially as described.

2, A bracket comprislng a plurality of sections each formedof two angularly arranged straight channel-formed members connected together at one end the adjacent free ends of adjacent members being slidably overlapped and interlocked; and means for locking said members in positions of relative sliding adjustment, substantially as described.

A bracket comprising a plurality. of sections, each formed of two angularly disposed straight members connected together at one end, the adjacent free ends of the adjacent .meinbers bein slidably overlapped, substantially as descri ed.

In testimon whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL F. NIEMEYER.

' \Vitnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Poms, ARTHU A. OLSON. 

